IMPD officer injured in fiery crash rescue

7:58 PM,
Mar. 30, 2013

Three Indianapolis metro police officers are being credited with pulling a man to safety from a vehicle engulfed in flames after a crash Friday night, including one officer who sustained second degree burns to his face.

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Pulling a burning crash victim out of a car engulfed in flames "is something I'll never forget," said Sgt. Dale Marshall, an 18-year IMPD officer who was flagged down while driving on I-465 Friday night.

Marshall, along with officers Aaron Stanley and Christopher Frazier, repeatedly reached into a burning SUV to pull driver Miguel Penaloza through the driver's side window.

"The gentleman was still on fire," said Marshall, "and officer Stanley's uniform was on fire as well. It was pretty traumatic." ...